Clamping The Specimen; Installing The Knife Holder Base; Installing The Knife Holder - Leica RM2145 Instruction Manual

8. Daily routine operation
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8.3

Clamping the specimen

Always clamp the specimen before clamping
the knife!
Before manipulating knife or specimen/before
changing specimens: always lock the
handwheel!
• Rotate the handwheel to move the specimen clamp
to the top of the cutting stroke.
• Lock the handwheel.
• Insert the specimen into the specimen clamp.
Please refer to chapter 11 'Optional accesso-
ries' on how to clamp the specimens into the
individual specimen clamps.
8.4

Installing the knife holder base

• To release, turn the lever (1) counterclockwise.
• Place the universal knife holder base (2) with two
clamping levers (3) and (4) onto the 'T' piece (5) of
the microtome base plate.
• Turn lever (1) clockwise to tighten the knife holder
base.
8.5

Installing the knife holder

• To release lever (4) rotate counterclockwise.
• Install the knife holder (6) onto the 'T' piece (5) of
the knife holder base.
• Rotate lever (4) clockwise to clamp.
Instruction manual V3.2 – 02/2002